27.5.09

GIVEAWAY DAY!

so, i am giving away two prizes: one for sewers and one for knitters.

here are the lots. first for sewers...

details:
Lotta Jansdotter bag full of scraps of linen and

four fat quarters from JoAnn Fabrics (these are cotton) and


the May issue of Threads and two more fat quarters (also cotton) of unknown origin.
and for the knitters out there...

details: Dominitrix's book and...

Lamb's Pride Bulky color M-41 Turkish Olive dyelot: 064, 125 yds and...

Jo Sharp Aran Tweed color 141 Bark dyelot 73, 104 yds and...


a greater yarn from nepal single ply 160 yds (don't be fooled by the foto, it is purple).
ok. now how to win.
leave a comment here stating whether you want the knitter's lot or the sewer's. also tell me what your favorite knitting or sewing project is.
make sure i have a way of getting ahold of you or check back monday, june 1 to see who won.
you have until saturday may 30 (9:00am centreal) to post a comment. if you link my contest on your blog, i will put your name in the pot 3 extra times (be sure to let me know that you did this).
winners will be drawn at random by my boys saturday afternoon (if all goes well).
i don't mind international shipping, so everyone feel free to comment.
have fun today. good luck. and i hope that a bunch of you manage to win a prize from someone's blog today!

324 comments:

  1. I'd like the sewing lot! My favorite project at the moment are taggie baby blankets.

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  2. Anonymous28.5.09

    I think I'll go for the knitting stash since my knitting supply is currently running low. I also linked to you on my blog (www.kevindhendricks.com/abby)

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  4. I am a sewer & I love the items in your generous giveaway. I need some stash so Please, Please enter me...thank you!
    Lisa
    mistyfuji (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  5. What a generous giveaway! I'd have to choose the sewing prize. I love making little charm quilts!

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  6. I'd love the knitters prize, I'm just starting to learn!

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  7. Great fabric. I am a quilter. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  8. I'd like the sewing goodies.

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  9. Knitting for me please - I like making scarves!
    Thanks
    Sarah
    believedreamcourage (at) gmail.com

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  10. i love your sewing giveaway items! i am working on quilts and skirts this summer!

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  11. I'm a knitter too. I love knitting anything by Debbie Bliss, in particular baby sweaters. They knit up so fast and are so stinkin cute...Thanks!!
    missyschwartz(at)gmail (dot) com

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  12. Anonymous28.5.09

    I'd love to win the sewers lot. My favorite project is to make little art notebook and pencil holders for kids. It's our most popular birthday gift among friends and family.

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  13. I would love the fabri, I hope I win

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  14. Hi!! I love the sewer´s lot!! Would love to win ^__^
    My favourite projects at present are bags and pouches!

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  15. I would love to win the knitter's lot of yarn! So far, I like knitting hats and socks! I'm new to knitting so I haven't moved beyond those items, really.

    I linked to your giveaway on my blog, too!

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  16. I am a sewer and knitter. Currently working on my first quilt (sewing) and have WAY TOO MANY projects on my needles - the most important of which is the shawl I'm knitting for my wedding. My favorite sewing project is any bag and my favorite knitting project is socks. I've been eyeing the Domiknitrix book for some time now and would love to win!

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  17. I sew and knit, so I'd be trilled with either, but if I had to pick I think I'd go with the sewing prize. Thanks!

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  18. I'd love the sewers lot please! Thanks!

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  19. I sew and knit, so I'd be trilled with either, but if I had to pick I think I'd go with the sewing prize. Thanks!

    lemsullivan@yahoo.com

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  20. I would love the fabric prize. Love making quilts!

    ajcmeyer AT go DOT com

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  21. Anonymous28.5.09

    hello and thank you for a chance to win the sewers lot. i love to sew quilts, in fact, it is about all i do! krousegirl2@aol.com.
    Jenny

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  22. I'm not picky! Either or! Great goodies!

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  23. I would love the sewing loot. My favorite thing to make are baby gifts.

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  24. I hate making decisions, but I really like the fabric. So I will say sewers prize. I love quilting because I like the math and how everything fits together. But lately I have been crocheting and that has been very relaxing. I linked your contest on my blog:
    http://dealsandbargains.blogspot.com/

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  25. I sew an knit so I'd be happy with either (or both!)

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  26. I'm a sewer.

    Thank you for hosting this great giveaway.

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  27. No fair, you're making me choose? I can't enter for both? I've actually been contemplating purchasing that purple yarn for a while, but I know I don't like Lamb's Pride, but I know I want Domiknitrix and I love tweed . . . and I'm a total beginner sewer so I don't even know what of that pack I want. But a knitting project I love? I made a sweater (my first and so far only) out of the orange version of that Greater Gift wool yarn and even though it's definitely not against-the-skin I love it to death.

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  28. I am a beginning sewer and love to crochet. That said I would choose the quilting supplies :)
    Thanks!

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  29. I'm definitely a sewer. I love to make clutches!

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  30. sewer's please!

    at the moment, i'm obsess with making octopus sofites!

    ♥ hey, you should try your luck at my giveaway too!
    http://marelleshop.blogspot.com/

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  31. I usually choose sewing over knitting but this time I'll have to choose the knitting choice! I've always wanted the Domiknitrix book! :D

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  32. I do sew and knit but I'd like to go for knitters prize. My favourite knit is this on my blog and called "Serkukset" (Cousins)

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  33. Anonymous29.5.09

    Awesome giveaway! I am a sewer.

    I am 8. I am learning how to sew. I have been doing some embroidery stitches. My 6 year old brother is learning some too. I hope to be on the machine before the end of summer. There are pictures of both of us sewing together and of our projects on my blog. Further down in previous posts, I also have pictures of my family, mom, dad, 15 month brother and other brother and sister. We homeschool.

    I am having a giveaway as well at
    www.sewingsister.blogspot.com

    and so is my mom at www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com

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  34. I'd love the sewing lot. My favorite sewing projects are either pj pants or zippered pouches.

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  35. I love to sew more than knit.

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  36. Sewing is my passion

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  37. I would love to win the sewing pack, thanks for the chance :)

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  38. I love your wool.. but I would prefer the sewing gift.
    My favorite project was a banner-envelop I did for a competition (don't know yet the result!)

    Great giveaway!
    damocamelia(at)yahoo.com

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  39. Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
    count me in, please!!
    can I go for the two???
    well count me in for the fabric :)))
    lovely lovely fabrics :)))
    I'm begining a quilt:)))

    go see my giveaway
    http://rosaechocolat.blogspot.com/
    and my flickr :))
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosaechocolat/
    hugs Isabel

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  40. I love both prizes, but I have to choose the knitters prize. I just finished my first felted bag - it was fun, easy, and turned out great!

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  41. Anonymous29.5.09

    I'd love the sewing prize. My favorite sewing project changes all the time, but I get a satisfaction out of making and giving away grocery bags.

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  42. Anonymous29.5.09

    Sewing please. So sweet of you to do this, please put my name in the drawing :)

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  43. Anonymous29.5.09

    What lovely fabrics! Sewing lot please! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  44. Anonymous29.5.09

    Mary
    zenrei57 (at) hotmail (dot) com

    Howdi :) I'd really love the Sewer's pack because I love LUV to make pillows for gifts and fun!

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  45. I don't knit (at least not yet), but I sure could give those sewing supplies a good home :D

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  46. Julie julbgs@hotmail.com29.5.09

    hi! i am a begginer sewer and your giveaway is fantastic. thank you! i have many projects i am dying to start. quilts, table runners, skirts..
    :)

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  47. Anonymous29.5.09

    I pick the sewer's lot please. My favorite project that I just finished is Oh Fransson's nine patch doorstop.

    sasikirana(at)yahoo

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  48. Love the fabrics..please include me

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  49. I would like the sewer's prize. My sewing favourite now is quilting using the new janome 6500. Within six months I have completed two quilts queen and one king, two pants complete with 'serging', and one quilt waiting to be stippled as soon as my leg is better after cutting my right leg with my rotary cutter (on two months break and its only four weeks down).

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  50. I would like the knitters lot and I love to make blankets.

    madamerkf at aol dot com

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  51. Fabric stash! I make charm quilts so I'm always in favor of more fabric, even small pieces.

    Thanks so much for offering this up!

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  52. Anonymous29.5.09

    I would LOVE to have the sewer's prize! Thanks for being so generous! Right now, my fav sewing project is newsboy hats.
    Yehudim[at]aol[dot]com

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  53. I do both! But if I had to choose one, um....... hard choice. The sewing pile I guess.

    simply.simon.sisters(at)gmail(dot)com

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  54. Anonymous29.5.09

    I'd love to win the sewing supplies. Although I've knitted a few things in my time I am now only sewing, as it alone keeps me quite busy =)

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  55. Giveaway Day is my new favorite holiday! Please my name in the hat for the knitting prize. carrie@carrieanton.com

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  56. The knitting pool, please. I like putting together different colors and textures to knit scarfs for friends and family. This year, I'm inspired to knit a few for charity. I appreciate the possiblity of winning some of your stash. sechaoremcdavid (at) gmail (dot) com

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  58. Hard choice as a knitter and quilter. Working on the vest in dominitrix. Love Lotta's stuff too so guess I'd lean toward the fabric lot.

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  59. Sewers lot please!

    Can't say I have a favorite project since I don't like doing the same thing more than a couple times or it gets boring. But, I am starting to sew things for my new house and I'm having so much fun doing decore type things.

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  60. I would love the sewing bundle.


    Thanks for the chance to win!
    =) melanie
    http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
    melanieadey at hotmail dot com

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  61. great giveaway! I think the knitters lot would suit me best. =) Thanks and have a great weekend!

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  62. Sewer's lot please! I love sewing my little guy pants, but I'm trying to branch out a bit more!

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  63. Anonymous29.5.09

    Wow! What a generous giveaway! I'd love the sewing supplies.

    My favorite sewing projects are bags & purses. I have a lot of them in my Etsy shop (http://www.lalestyle.etsy.com) and I have so many more I want to make!

    Thanks for the chance to enter!

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  64. Put me in the sewing lot. My favorite project has been some fabric pennants I made to decorate the house for my son's first birthday. We are looking forward to getting them out for future special celebrations.

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  65. Wow! I'd love to be entered for the fabric prize please! I don't know what my favourite sewing project is, but I love making gifts for new babies!

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  66. Fabric would be my thing! I am pretty new at sewing, but my favorite project so far is a patchwork bag.

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  67. The fabric giveaway is so awesome!!!! thanks for the chance!

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  68. I sew and quilt as well as raise my own sheep for hand spinning. If I win, I'd like to be surprised by your choice of gifts.
    LOVE your header photo...very nice!

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  69. I think I'm going to win!
    pjjllive(at)gmail(dot)com

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  70. Try this again.
    I think I'm going to win!
    pjjllive(at)gmail(dot)com

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  71. I am also participating in the giveaway day and I, too, am blown away at the posts on my blog! This is so much fun!
    I would be thrilled with the sewing supplies. I love making quilts of all sizes and lately I've been on a fabric belt kick. It's a great quick project that can be made to any size and for any gender. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  72. I'd love to win the fabric and magazine. What fun!

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  73. I'm a sewer and a knitter, so I'll select the knitter lot cause I don't have a yarn 'stash' Thanks!

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  74. I'd like both... but the sewing one is best!

    I'm making fabric flowers at the moment.


    Please enter me in the draw and don't forget to enter mine!

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  75. Anonymous29.5.09

    Sewing is for me. Right now I'm diggin on Amy Karol's 5 min skirt!

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  76. kelly29.5.09

    i'm a sewer, and i love to make clothes for my girls (i have two, 4 and 2).
    djbkub@gmail.com

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  77. Anonymous29.5.09

    I'd like the sewer's lot! I just love to sew- you name it, I like it!

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  78. i would love either prize! my favorite sewing project at this moments is skirts! my favorite knitting is mittens! thanks!

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  79. I don't knit much anymore but I certainly sew a lot. Thanks for the chance.

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  80. Anonymous29.5.09

    I sew and knit. For sewing, my favorite project is totebags and purses. In knitting, I love socks and scarves - quick projects. Right now, My fave scarf pattern is the flit and float scarf from this season's knitty. And all my leftover yarn is going into a mitered square blanket that may take me years to finish because its so big.

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  81. I love the sewing lot! Hope I win! My favorite sewing project of the moment is the quilt I'm making for my nephew, he's only a week old!! :)

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  82. I would love the fabric lot. What a generous prize! My summer project is to finish a fabric car mat for my toddler who is obsessed with his small cars. The mat will have country roads, a bridge over a creek, a mountain tunnel. I'm making it up from scratch, so it will be neat to see how it turns out. It can be folded up for easy storage.

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  83. I would love to win the sewer's lot. I am in the process of making a car play mat (with little roads, etc.) for my toddler son who loves his matchbox cars.

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  84. I love the fabric but both are lovely.

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  85. Aloha, I would love the sewing one. Thank you for the great giveaway!

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  86. I prefer the sewing lot!

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  87. I'm both, but I'll go with the fabric prize because I have less of a fabric stash, being a newish sewer. I'm currently working on a quilt for my baby, veeery slowly. It may be ready when she goes off to college!

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  88. The sewing prize would be wonderful!
    kellie16@gmail.com

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  89. Would love the fabric ! Good luck to me :)
    Thanks for a great giveaway !

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  90. Great giveaway choice! By the way, I'm a sewer and a bad knitter but a great crocheter!
    Great blog too!

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  91. So... what if we are both knitters AND sewers and we can't choose either or?? Both prizes are so good!!!

    Ok... I'll go for the yarn... I am going to take some more knitting classes this summer, and I guess they will be perfect to learn to knit some handcuffs and legwarmers (I still haven't mastered those double-pointed needles...)

    Thanks for the opportunity!

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  92. I do both, but probably with the sewing one, because my new favorite pattern is the Emmeline apron!

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  93. I'd love to win either.

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  94. I cannot grasp how to knit, so please enter me for the sewing lot. My favorite project is one that can be done in one or two naptimes! Thanks so much!

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  95. I love both of your giveaway packs but my first choice would be the knitting package.

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  96. I'd like to enter for the knitters bundle, but I crochet and would like to learn to knit!

    My favorite pattern to crochet are the snug fitting hats for winter.

    Hugs & Blessings!

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  97. I love both knitting and sewing but I suppose knitting is my first love so please put me in for that. I love knitting toys, have done so since I was a little girl, and now design my own. Nothing better than knitting while watching tv!

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  98. That sewer's lot is awesome! I'm a quilter, and my go-to pattern is Yellow Brick Road. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  99. Oooh, I would loooove the knitting supplies! My fave project is the baby blanket I made for a coworker recently. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  100. Anonymous30.5.09

    The fabric prize is wonderful, sign me up, please...My favorite project of late is reusable sandwich bags. They are much prettier for the lunch box than plastic baggies and cuts down on my waste.
    Soraya Cricenti superso@triad.rr.com

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  101. I'd like the sewing prize. My favorite projects are cute, fun, and practical. bonus if they can be done within one of my daughters naps. :-)

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  102. I would prefer the sewers pack. My favorite thing to sew is little girly dresses.

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  103. I Love the sewing prize, FAT Qtrs are a fave.

    I love making quilts and handbags and journal covers.

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  104. Ooh, how nice! I'm a beginning seamstress, so it all still excites/intimidates me! I'm planning on making a skirt out of Heather Ross's new book soon. So please do enter me in the fabric giveaway (I'm a knitter, too, so that's tempting!)

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  105. I'd love the knitters stuff! What a great giveaway - thanks!

    ugli.tangelo.fruit at gmail dot com

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  107. I'd like the fabric prize. We've been making fabric sacks for the women at the shelters to keep their personal toiletries in.

    Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

    bloggyig at gmail dot com

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  108. I'm a sewer myself, and I loooove Lotta Jansdotter! I'm a big fan of quilting, personally :)

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  109. Probably doll clothes or bags. I'd love the sewer set!

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  110. Hi Would love the sewing pack - you are very generous!! I love the light yellow yarn in your blog banner, beautiful sunshiney colours. So fav project.. Just finished this 'sewing project' and love how it turned out - http://www.rabbitshaven.com/familiesareforever.htm

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  111. Anonymous30.5.09

    sewing!! my favorite projects are fun things for kids - this recent project, as an example, was so much fun, and so loved!
    http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/february-jumpstart-2009-entries/how-to-make-a-hanging-book-display-megans-february-jumpstart-project-2009-077231?image_id=3146
    camille =)
    camilledawnphoto AT gmail DOT com

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  112. I would love to win the fabric prize.
    I make dolls and other stuffed goodies, but am always open to trying new things.

    heidig@gmail.com

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  113. I think I missed the deadline, but I wanted to say what a generous giveaway you're doing! The knitting prize made me drool a little. ;)

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  114. Fabulous giveaway! I'd go for the sewing collection, sadly I haven't added knitting to my accomplishments yet. The Lotta Jansdotter items have got me all wiggly with anticipation - thanks for giving me a chance at them!

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  115. I like to sew just about anything, it's the prep work (fitting patterns and so on) that gets to me *L* I'd like to win the sewing pack, thanks for the giveaway!

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  116. I sew, and my current favourite project is the drawstring bag I helped with today - it was a collaborative project between my six-year old and I, and it was his first sewing lesson. How fun!
    melanie@sugarlemon.com

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  117. Please can I enter both???? I am both a new knitter and a new sewer and either would be perfect, but if I really had to choose I would have to choose the fabric.
    At the moment I have plans to sew up a cute little Jacket and Pants set for my littlest man! (my first clothing project)
    On the Knitting needles I have some Overall that I have just been making up as I go along, and surprisingly they look pretty good. The task now is to get them finished for my littlests birthday on the 9th :D

    x Mel

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  118. This is a hard choice.

    I would say I want the fabric first.

    If for some reason we can be put into both that would be great.

    I blogged about your giveaway http://birdolovemoo.blogspot.com/2009/05/sewing-or-knitting.html maybe one of those could be put in the knitting pot... if not then ok just the fabric one. :)

    Thanks for doing the giveaway!
    Cassie Driver
    cmdoduck(at)gmail(dot)com

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  119. I'd love to be entered for the sewers lot!
    I'm making a Mini Quilt right now, for the Spring Blooms Mini Quilt Swap, and I love it so much that I think I'm going to make one for myself too!
    Thank you for the great giveaway and the chance to win!

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  120. If I won I would love to having the sewing prize. At the moment my favorite thing to sew is clothes for my girls

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  121. i would want....hmmm....the knitter's package i suppose, though either would be dandy! :) my fav knitting project is currently on my needles: legwarmers!

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  122. I'd love the sewing lot- I'm making all my kids clothing these days;)

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  123. Anonymous31.5.09

    The sewers lot so I can continue to steadfastly work on quilting. So trying ot make this christmas handmade from the heart. Thank you for your giveaway. Have a great day. Good luck everyone.
    Heather Hutch
    russoheather@yahoo.cmo

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  124. I crochet, but am trying to learn knitting, so I would love a chance at the knitting lot :)
    And just quickly glancing through your blog, I really like it so far!

    jumbeebear[at]gmail[dot]com

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